The congregation, at 2800 Belcourt Ave., is one of at least five local churches that are holding special Communion services on Election Day.

The idea is to remind people that they are united by faith even if they are divided at the ballot box.

“In our church parking lot you’ll find Romney bumper stickers and Obama stickers,” she said. “And yet we still come together as one body.”

The service at Blakemore Nazarene will start at 7 p.m. Similar services will be held at 7 p.m. at Brentwood United Methodist Church at 309 Franklin Road, Vine Street Christian Church at 4101 Harding Road in Nashville, Trinity Church at 3011 Longford Drive in Spring Hill and Cook’s United Methodist Church at 7919 Lebanon Road in Mt. Juliet.

Two congregations — Trinity Church and Brentwood United Methodist — will also hold morning Communion services. Trinity’s service will be at 6 a.m., and Brentwood United Methodist’s service is at 7 a.m.

The Donelson-Hermitage Ministerial Association is also holding an Election Day Communion at 7:30 p.m. at McKendree Village Chapel.

The Rev. Jeff Wilson of Brentwood United Methodist said the services will include prayer, a few readings and Communion.

One of those readings is from the fifth chapter of New Testament book Ephesians.

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love,” the passage says. “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

Wilson said the service is open to the community.

“This is totally ecumenical,” he said. “This is Christ’s table. This is not our table.”

More than 800 churches nationwide will be holding special Election Day Communion services, said the Rev. Kevin Gasser of Staunton Mennonite Church in Staunton, Va.

Gasser and two pastor friends helped organize the grass-roots movement through Facebook, Twitter and their website, electiondaycommunion.org.

The services are timed to start once the polls close. Organizers initially hoped to have 100 churches sign up.

“At first we were afraid we’d set the goal too high,” said Gasser.

He and other organizers were concerned about how polarized the country has become, and they fear that the angry tone of the presidential race is dividing churches.

Gasser said that churchgoers should remember that politics comes in second to Jesus and that faith is bigger than any candidate.

The Communion table is a symbol of the beliefs that bind church members together, no matter how they vote, he said.

“If you can’t break bread and share the cup with a Christian who holds a different political view, there is something wrong,” he said.

The Rev. Thomas Kleinert, senior minister at Vine Street Church, said there will be no speeches or sermon during his congregation’s Communion service.

Instead he’ll give a welcome and lead the congregation in prayer. There will also be reading from Psalm 146.

“That psalm tells us not to put too much hope in princes, because they are only human,” he said.

Kleinert said the Communion will be open to anyone who wants to partake.

“We are together not because of what we do or our opinions but because of what God has done,” he said.